So in an attempt to replace my 8800GTX with one of these, I have lots of problems..
When I first instaleld the card, it did not seem to boot, at least I thought.. After a couple hours of updating the mobo (Gigabyte GA-P35C-DSR3) bios, removing all but the minimal hardware required, (1 ram stick, 1 HD). Reseating this reseating that, blah blah blah. I could get no further than the mobo graphic/text with boot menu options and access to the bios (which would not work either) I gave up.
Frustrated and distracted I had left my pc on at the point when it was freezing while attempting to boot. When I returned, it had actually made it into Windows. It turned out that it takes a whole 2minutes to get past the black screen of nothing.. Great I thought, not a big deal, don't restart that often anyways.
Unfortunately no matter what driver versions, fresh OS installs, 32-bit or 64bit, whenever I install the ATI drivers and restart, I get a BSOD every single time.
I have sent it back for a replacement, but fear that maybe it was another component causing the problems, since it could eventually get into Windows... I have a Seasonic 600W PSU which meets the minimum requirements, and it has two 6pin PCIE power cables, one of which I used an adapter to make it 8pin. Could that be a possible cause? Or maybe it's the mobo... I really don't want to spend more money since I just dropped $550 on this card.
Man I type too much :laugh:
When I first instaleld the card, it did not seem to boot, at least I thought.. After a couple hours of updating the mobo (Gigabyte GA-P35C-DSR3) bios, removing all but the minimal hardware required, (1 ram stick, 1 HD). Reseating this reseating that, blah blah blah. I could get no further than the mobo graphic/text with boot menu options and access to the bios (which would not work either) I gave up.
Frustrated and distracted I had left my pc on at the point when it was freezing while attempting to boot. When I returned, it had actually made it into Windows. It turned out that it takes a whole 2minutes to get past the black screen of nothing.. Great I thought, not a big deal, don't restart that often anyways.
Unfortunately no matter what driver versions, fresh OS installs, 32-bit or 64bit, whenever I install the ATI drivers and restart, I get a BSOD every single time.
I have sent it back for a replacement, but fear that maybe it was another component causing the problems, since it could eventually get into Windows... I have a Seasonic 600W PSU which meets the minimum requirements, and it has two 6pin PCIE power cables, one of which I used an adapter to make it 8pin. Could that be a possible cause? Or maybe it's the mobo... I really don't want to spend more money since I just dropped $550 on this card.
Man I type too much :laugh:
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